Comments on: Patron Saint of the Internet

Patron Saint of the Internet

mathis23 — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:06:31 -0800

Shawn Fanning - Patron Saint of the Internet? Fed up with hackers, a flood of spam and lousy connections, a group of Roman Catholics have launched a search to determine the Patron Saint of the Internet. Actually, I vote for Danni Ashe. I can't wait to see what her miracles are like...

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:15:49 -0800

Miss Ashe is a miraculous occurence all by herself, if you ask me.

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:16:31 -0800

I second the Danni Ashe nomination. She was indirectly responsible for a stain on an old sock of mine that looked like the Virgin Mary.

By: KnitWit

KnitWit — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:19:45 -0800

Ya know... I coulda swore there was already some semi-official non-joke one already. (It might have even Isadore.) I'd seen reference to it a few years ago.

By: KnitWit

KnitWit — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:21:18 -0800

Though if we're taking nominations I'd like a tough bruizer to go and smite pop-up advertisers...

By: putzface_dickman

putzface_dickman — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:26:08 -0800

I think KnitWit is right about Isadore. From August 20, 2001: Saints preserve us! There is even a prayer.
per intercessiónem Sancti Isidóri, Epíscopi et Doctóris, in peregrinatiónibus per interrete factis et manus oculósque ad quae Tibi sunt plácita intendámus et omnes quos convénimus cum caritáte ac patiéntia accipiámus.

By: BrodieShadeTree

BrodieShadeTree — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:27:08 -0800

I'd like to cast a vote for John Stamos. I am not sure what he has to do with the net, but his hair is amazing.

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:34:54 -0800

In Count Zero, William Gibson put forth Legba as the patron voodoo deity of the 'Net: ...most important are Legba and Ezili Freda. Appropriately enough for a novel about computers, the former is the Loa of communications and is associated with Bobby, the console cowboy. Legba is identified with St. Peter, Christian doorkeeper of heaven, and in voodoo rituals must always be invoked first; if not, the other Loa might not listen.

By: grahamwell

grahamwell — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:06:53 -0800

You can vote here. Can't speak Italian? Try this.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:21:03 -0800

Benedict Joeph Labre Patronage: bachelors, beggars, hoboes, homeless people, insanity, mental illness, mentally ill people, people rejected by religious orders, pilgrims, tramps, unmarried men thanks jonson, jeez...

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:21:49 -0800

I think the proper choice would be obvious. He's even risen from the dead in this medium!

By: orange swan

orange swan — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:48:22 -0800

St. Al Gore. After all, he did invent the Internet.

By: bunnytricks

bunnytricks — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:06:53 -0800

I vote for St. King Diamond. So do these internet pioneers.

By: valerie

valerie — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:32:44 -0800

Being named a saint isn't like being knighted, you know. You have to perform a miracle and be dead (and supposedly in heaven) and all that first..

By: bunnytricks

bunnytricks — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:42:49 -0800

King Diamond managed to find a woman willing to have his kid. That's a miracle. And he looks like a zombie to me. That's even better than being dead. Hell, the church let Mother Teresa be a saint with less under her belt.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:18:49 -0800

You have to perform a miracle and be dead (and supposedly in heaven) and all that first.. Hel-lo? Mr. Wil? Dead? Came back to life? Via the 'net? He was in the heavens, so to speak. Hello McFly? Does no one care? Am I the only advocate? Sigh. I want my dashboard statue NOW!

By: mdn

mdn — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:26:08 -0800

I have a glow-in-the-dark statuette of st. isadore holding a laptop, so there's definitely already a little industry for such things. (And isadore won for patronage of the internet.)

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Sun, 02 Feb 2003 19:19:36 -0800

Hell, the church let Mother Teresa be a saint with less under her belt. Actually, she's still being processed. [/small voice of logic in wonderfully silly thread]